Paul Porvaznik – Business Litigator
Case Notes and Summaries of Recent Cases (State and Federal Courts – Illinois Focus)
Lake County Grading Company, LLC v. The Village of Antioch, 2013 IL App (2d) 120474, 985 N.E.2d 638 (2nd Dist. 2013), illustrates the importance of joining an alternative common law claim with a statutory one when the statutory claim is time-barred. The plaintiff subcontractor sued a public entity under a third-party beneficiary theory for improvements …
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The two key rules that govern challenging a confessed judgment in Illinois are Supreme Court Rule 276 and Code Section 2-1301 (735 ILCS 5/2-1301). The latter provides that “any person for a debt bona fide due may confess judgment by himself or herself or attorney duly authorized, without process” and that the “application to confess judgment shall …
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Earlier I discussed the three claims on which plaintiff prevailed at trial (albeit with no damages) against her former employer, Edcomm. For symmetry’s sake, I now summarize the five state law claims which defendant won. These claims are (1) identity theft, (2) conversion, (3) tortious interference with contract, (4) civil conspiracy, and (5) civil aiding and abetting. In analyzing these …
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